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Trade deadline recap: Padres surprisingly inactive, Jays make a splash ...
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- Buster Olney, Senior Writer, ESPN Insider Close
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As the final hours of the trade deadline ticked down Friday and nothing emerged from San Diego's front office, some folks with the Astros -- who had been engaged with the Padres in discussions about pitching -- speculated that the Padres must have had something big in the works with the Chicago Cubs, a deal involving many players.